Re: Windows8

From	"Ed" <invalid@nospam.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Windows8
Date	2012-11-14 20:04 +1100
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Elizabeth D. Rather wrote:
> On 11/12/12 5:15 AM, Jason Damisch wrote:
> >> Refresh and Reset
> >> ... The refresh option is especially useful when you find your PC acting
> >> slow or buggy. In a one-click or one-tap move, you can refresh the PC
> >> without changing any of your files, Windows Store apps, or personalization
> >> settings.
> >> ... you will lose any desktop programs since those are not synced with
> >> your Windows Account.
> >
> > Why can't they just write an OS which works correctly most if not all of
>  > the time?  Could it be that the very idea of garbage collection is
> > fundamentally flawed?
> >
>
> Ding ding ding ding we have a winner. That is why we never use it in
> embedded systems that have to run forever without occasional reboots to
> fix all the allocation issues. Personally, I don't like it at all,
> though I realize there's a need for it in general-purpose OSs.

Does the same apply to ALLOCATE FREE RESIZE ?

I ask this because I've noted a trend where every computer ill seems
to be blamed on "memory leaks".  At the same time I note Forthers
are increasingly using dynamic memory in routines - I assume because
it's in ANS and not through any particular need.  Should we trust
ALLOCATE FREE RESIZE - or accept that it may not be foolproof?
I won't even mention MARKER :)

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Windows8 visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-11-02 08:41 -0700
  Re: Windows8 Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 11:12 -0700
  Re: Windows8 visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-11-06 09:05 -0800
    Re: Windows8 Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-12 07:10 -0800
      Re: Windows8 stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-11-12 17:27 +0000
    Re: Windows8 visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-11-21 17:48 -0800
  Re: Windows8 visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-11-07 20:44 -0800
  Re: Windows8 Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-12 07:15 -0800
    Re: Windows8 Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2012-11-12 07:59 -0800
    Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-12 07:55 -1000
      Re: Windows8 "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2012-11-14 20:04 +1100
        Re: Windows8 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-11-14 17:01 +0000
          Re: Windows8 "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2012-11-18 11:14 +1100
            Re: Windows8 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-11-19 14:25 +0000
              Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-19 08:09 -1000
                Re: Windows8 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-11-20 09:55 +0000
                Re: Windows8 mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-11-25 10:56 +0200
                Re: Windows8 Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-11-25 16:46 +0100
            Re: Windows8 Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 16:21 -0500
              Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-19 13:46 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 17:05 -0500
                Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-19 12:14 -1000
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-19 14:30 -0800
                Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-19 12:53 -1000
                Re: Windows8 Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 17:44 -0500
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-19 14:52 -0800
                GC (was Re: Windows8) Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-26 11:44 -0500
                Re: GC Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-26 11:44 -0800
                Re: GC Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-28 06:35 -0500
                Re: GC Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-29 11:58 -0800
                Re: GC albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2012-11-30 01:46 +0000
                Re: GC Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-29 21:14 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-19 14:42 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 17:56 -0500
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-19 15:14 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 18:45 -0500
                Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-19 14:18 -1000
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-19 16:18 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 19:01 -0500
                Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-19 12:58 -1000
                Re: Windows8 Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-11-20 02:23 +0100
                Re: Windows8 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-11-20 10:48 +0000
                Re: Windows8 Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-11-20 07:56 -0800
                Re: Windows8 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-11-21 15:03 +0000
                Re: Windows8 Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-23 05:58 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Mark Wills <forthfreak@gmail.com> - 2012-11-20 02:13 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-20 08:57 -0800
                Re: Windows8 "David N. Williams" <williams@umich.edu> - 2012-11-20 16:56 -0500
                Re: Windows8 mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-11-25 11:20 +0200
    Re: Windows8 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-11-14 16:36 -0500
      Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-14 12:12 -1000
        Re: Windows8 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-11-14 17:46 -0500
          Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-14 13:12 -1000
            Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-14 18:12 -0800
            Re: Windows8 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 13:55 -0500
              Re: Windows8 RR <freedomspyder@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 16:03 -0800
                Re: Windows8 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 21:54 -0500
                Re: Windows8 RR <freedomspyder@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 19:26 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-15 19:27 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-11-16 17:45 +0100
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-16 09:10 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-11-16 22:34 +0100
                Re: Windows8 Andy Valencia <vandys@vsta.org> - 2012-11-16 18:06 +0000
                Re: Windows8 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-16 11:09 -0800
                Re: Windows8 Spam@ControlQ.com - 2012-11-16 15:18 -0500
        Re: Windows8 visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-11-15 00:19 -0800
          Re: Windows8 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-11-14 22:55 -1000
          Re: Windows8 albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2012-11-15 12:20 +0000
            Re: Windows8 visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-11-15 08:32 -0800
            Re: Windows8 kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk - 2012-11-16 04:51 -0600
              Re: Windows8 stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-11-16 13:46 +0000
              Re: Windows8 visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-11-16 08:12 -0800
  Re: Windows8 the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2012-11-29 00:16 -0800

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